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A fully illustrated report of the first integrated adventure week at a field studies centre in Cornwall. Pupils from special and comprehensive schools in London combine forces for a unique week's adventure holiday. Report includes interviews with all pupils. -
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All staff, pupils and resources of Bishopswood Special School for children with severe learning difficulties in Oxfordshire have now transferred successfully to local mainstream schools. This report explains why and how the change came about and is a useful model for others. ISBN: 1 872001 04 01 -
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What LEAs told and did not tell parents under the 1981 Education Act. This report features the results of CSIE's national survey of LEA material given to parents to help them through assessments and statementing. ISBN: 0 946828 12 1 -
This report presents school placement trends (i.e. the proportion of children placed in special schools or other separate settings) from 2014 to 2017 for each local authority in England. It is the most recent issue in the ongoing (since 1988) CSIE series on school placement Trends. This detailed level of analysis at local authority level, reporting on school placements of all children who live within each local authority's boundaries, rather than on numbers of children attending each local authority's schools) is unique to CSIE. Like other Trends reports before it, this reveals huge variation in the way local authorities respond to diversity; some rely more on ordinary local schools, while others regularly send high proportions of children to separate special schools. These differences bear no simple relation to the size of a local authority or its social or geographical characteristics. The significance of this research is twofold: despite every local authority being subject to the same national policies and legislation, CSIE Trends reports have brought to light disturbing local variations. Up-to-date information can empower parents to make better-informed choices for their children's education, and can help parents, professionals and others to lobby for change. Previous reports in the Trends series are available from CSIE:Contrasting responses to diversity: School placement trends 2014-2017 for all local authorities in England (pdf)
Contrasting responses to diversity: School placement trends 2014-2017 for all local authorities in England - summary leaflet (pdf)
Explore the interactive map, LA rankings and more information
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This leaflet outlines the philosophy underpinning our work and describes CSIE activities and the services we offer. Download PDF -
Written for busy school practitioners, this guide clearly outlines current legal duties and provides a practical framework for writing and reviewing your school’s single equality policy. Over and above offering help to complete a paper exercise, the guide invites schools to explore their position on a range of equality issues, articulate their commitment to equality and develop more inclusive provision by actively seeking equality for all, particularly those at risk of discrimination or marginalization. -
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A very different response to the national trend for increasing disciplinary exclusions is presented in this report by Giles Barrow which describes an inclusive approach to disaffection and disruption in the London borough of Merton. RRP: £7.00 ISBN: 1 872001 57 2 -
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This is a report of CSIE's survey of LEA reviews of special education under the 1981 Act and reveals a wide variation of practice across the country, as well as illustrating different frustrations and tasks facing authorities. ISBN: 1 872001 47 5 -
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There are no special schools in the two parts of Canada described in this report by Linda Shaw, Co-Director, CSIE. All children are in the mainstream with support. This illustrated report describes the local policy and practice, and challenges all of us to reconsider whether it is necessary to limit inclusive education. ISBN: 1 872001 01 7 -
A guide to help schools ensure everyone is safe, included and learning (2016)
A succinct and user-friendly toolkit to help schools address prejudice, reduce bullying and promote equality holistically. Created with schools for schools, the toolkit is sponsored by NASUWT, the teachers’ union, and has won an Innovative Practice Award 2016 from the Zero Project, for a world with zero barriers. “Equality: Making It Happen” is relevant to children and staff in primary and secondary schools and engages the whole school community, placing pupils at the heart of protecting children’s rights in school. It is made up of user-friendly reference cards which offer: key information, practical advice, suggested activities, examples of good practice, equality audit tools and links to further information and support, including lesson plans. ISBN: 978 1 872001 83 8 -
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This practical and accessible guide has been developed by CSIE in collaboration with primary and secondary schools. User-friendly reference cards, organised around equality strands and around aspects of everyday school life, offer succinct, practical advice and suggested activities; examples of good practice; and sources of further information and support. ISBN: 978 1 872001 78 4 -
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Special schools claim to offer appropriate educational experiences, yet this analysis shows that nearly 70 per cent failed to enter any students at all for GCSE in 1996. The report, by Prof. Gary Thomas, then at University of the West of England, lists every special school in England, the number of students in year 11 and the percentage of GCSE passes. ISBN: 1 872001 52 1 -
Report from our small-scale study into disabled students’ experiences, commissioned by the University of Bristol and undertaken in collaboration with Dr Dave Bainton, Research Fellow at the University of Bristol. Download report -
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This is the report of CSIE's survey of LEA material given to professionals on how they should have operated the 1981 Education Act. In many parts of the country the LEA guidance was shown to be seriously inadequate. ISBN: 0 946828 14 8 -
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This is an account of the successful development and growth of the inclusive education service in the London Borough of Newham over 1984-2002. The authors, Linda Jordan and Chris Goodey, were among leading figures in the change towards inclusion. RRP: £10.00 ISBN: 1 872001 25 4 -
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This is the story of the continuing education and life of Kirsty Arrondelle, a young woman who enjoys membership of many groups in her local community, both within and outside of formal education. She also has Down's syndrome. This report, by Dr Sharon Rustemier, documents Kirsty's social and educational inclusion in adult life and links this with her parents' struggle to secure mainstream education for their daughter. RRP: £10.00 ISBN: 1 872001 38 6 -
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Compiled by Linda Shaw, Co-Director, CSIE, these two audio tapes present a positive approach to training for inclusive education in ordinary schools and offer a tour of six schools presented in radio-documentary style, with a guide book and work cards. The pack gives first-hand accounts of inclusion based on experiences in schools. The 'slices of life' feature real-life examples of strategies, services and support for responding to diverse difficulties in learning. -
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Information leaflet on previous work of the Centre and the philosophy behind including children in mainstream schools. Download PDF -
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This report by Alison Wertheimer reflects the growing international movement calling for inclusive schools which welcome all children. Inclusion, it says, is an issue of basic human rights, and not primarily an educational or professional issue. It calls for change in the UK law to end current discrimination against disabled pupils. -
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The Index for Inclusion, written by Tony Booth and Mel Ainscow, is a major publication from CSIE to help guide schools through a process of inclusive school development. It encourages the widest scrutiny of school life and involves a self-review of a school's cultures, policies and practices. Through a deep exploration, barriers to learning and participation are identified, priorities for development are determined and plans are put into practice to help build supportive communities which foster high achievement for all students.
